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23 October, 2020 Open access

Government’s ‘final hour’ strengthening of COVID-19 job support package will still leave people struggling this winter

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23 October, 2020 Open access

High Court rejects challenge to decision not to increase financial support for recipients of carer’s allowance in response to coronavirus pandemic

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23 October, 2020

New Immigration Rules add rough sleeping to the discretionary grounds for refusal or cancellation of permission to be in the UK

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23 October, 2020 Open access

NAO finds that almost one in ten furloughed employees were asked to work during lockdown in breach of CJRS rules

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23 October, 2020

Spending on temporary accommodation in England increased by almost 10 per cent in 2019/2020

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23 October, 2020 Open access

Employment Tribunals facing ‘perfect storm’ of rising demand at time of limited capacity, says Citizens Advice

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23 October, 2020

Amendment of benefit regulations in consequence of new marriage and civil partnership legislation in Northern Ireland

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22 October, 2020 Open access

Government announces changes to Job Support and Self-Employment Income Support Schemes in recognition of the ‘challenging times ahead’

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22 October, 2020 Open access

Total value of claims made to Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme exceeds £40 billion

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22 October, 2020 Open access

Extension of period over which amendments to ESA in response to the coronavirus outbreak remain in force

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22 October, 2020 Open access

Lord Chancellor requests that enforcement agents do not enter residential properties in areas classified as at COVID local alert level 2 or 3 for the purposes of enforcement, including taking control of goods and carrying out evictions

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22 October, 2020

Court of Appeal considers the correct procedure for terminating a periodic tenancy following the death of the tenant and before probate or letters of administration have been granted

More Housing case law

22 October, 2020 Open access

Around half of those who were unsuccessful in claiming benefits at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic were unable to keep up with essential costs

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22 October, 2020 Open access

Social security provisions for prisoners on temporary release in Great Britain due to the coronavirus outbreak

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22 October, 2020 Open access

Work and Pensions Secretary says ‘we are in quite a different situation from where we were earlier in the year’, as motion to extend free school meals is voted down in the Commons

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22 October, 2020 Open access

StepChange announces new 12-month reduced payment plan for households affected by COVID-19

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22 October, 2020

Health and Social Care Committee warns that doing nothing to fix social care funding crisis is ‘no longer an option’

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22 October, 2020

Council criticised for not including visually impaired man’s need for support to access the community as part of his care plan

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22 October, 2020

Trials of predictive analytics suggest that DWP could identify 98 per cent of fraudulent claims for universal credit advances before payment is made

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